TT #36 · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 38:14
Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 38:14
And she put off her widow’s garments from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance of Einayim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.
Torah Temimah points to Sotah 10a.
But is that possible? Even the most brazen zonah does not act thus [sitting fully exposed at a public crossroads].
Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. A practical objection forces a non-superficial reading of the location.
A flat reading of “entrance of Einayim” as a public prostitute’s post is rejected; the verse supports a more dignified geographic derash.